[WIN8] Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration
Windows 8 HP Pavillion Desktop Linksys Router OOL Cable modem After a night of basic working on my desktop - no updating, no CCleaning, no new install I woke to see an exclamation point warning sign on...
View Article[Excel] Need Excel Guru to help with my Timesheet
I would like some help fine tuning an excel time sheet I made to use at work. The Excel document is formatted for two pages but is printed on one sheet of paper in duplex mode. Each project we enter on...
View Article[poll] Which windows 8 start menu replacement do you use?
[poll]Which Start Menu replacement do you use in windows 8?,Bring Back,Classic Shell,Handy Start Menu,Pokki,Power8,RetroUI,Start is Back!,Start8,Start Menu 8,StartMenuPlus8,StartMenuX...
View ArticleAdd/Remove entries
I note that in my 'Add/Remove Programs' the attached entries appear. They seem to be for the same items although different versions. Can I delete any of the above or the earlier ones or are they all...
View Article[Exchange] Exchange 2013 outgoing queue backing up...
I've been toying with exchange server 2013 at home using an smart host to send mail. I tested for open relay but it seems I may have got myself in a bind. Outgoing mail is backing up and have 300 or so...
View Article[WIN7] Dropping internet connection due to loss of IP
I do not know if this is an ISP problem, (quite possibly) or in the OS. My computer is connected to my ISP by a modem. No need for a router. Recently on occasion while online I will lose my Internet...
View Article[WIN7] How to block access to Windows Explorer?
I have my pc set up with two different accounts...my account is the admin user and I have my daughter's set up as a standard user.....I want to block access to specific drives/folders under windows...
View Article[WIN7] Scheduled tasks for Google and Adobe flash updates
I have a 6 year old laptop (Lenovo T61 with 8 GB or RAM, 2GHz dual core CPU) and want to optimize it a little bit. I found in Windows Scheduler that update checkers for Adobe Flash and Google...
View Article[WIN7+WIN8] Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center v2.2.173.0
DOWNLOAD: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/downloads/mouse-keyboard-center PREVIOUS VERSION: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28040126-WIN7-WIN8-Microsoft-Mouse-and-Keyboard-Center-v2.1.177.0...
View ArticleServer 2012 Essentials Storage Pool Question
Basically I hastily setup this server physically and logically. I thought I understood it fairly well for my needs but I came up against a little problem involving Storage Spaces I'm not sure about....
View Article[WIN7] Power options keeps changing plan by itself
I set my Win 7 Power Options to Balanced. At some time it changes the plan to High Performance without my doing it. What can change the plan selection if I'm not going in and doing it myself?
View Article[WIN7] replacing factory image with your own....
...is it possible? i just spent a great deal trouble shooting my laptop because a certain software's service did not want to start upon boot up... -i tried uninstalling all software that may be...
View Article[WIN8] Windows Defender Mp Telemetry issue?
I just happened to notice two of these in Action Center (who thought something as obscure as Action Center was a good idea? - I expect immediate notification of problems...not hiding them in Action...
View ArticleMicrosoft drops linked accounts in Outlook.com
FYI, http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-to-stop-supporting-linked-accounts-in-outlookcomhotmail quote:Microsoft has stated that Hotmail and Outlook.com will soon stop supporting linked accounts, a...
View Article[Other] IDispatch error #3092
I play at freeslots.com daily. After I accumulate a certain amount of 'credits', I click on a 'button' to add it to my total that I've accumulated since 2000. I've never had any problems with this...
View Article[Outlook] Outlook 2003 help
I recently reloaded a laptop for someone that had Office 2003 installed. I got everything reloaded, and all the email restored, and everything appears to work except for one thing. They get a daily...
View Article[Info] Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0 released
A toolkit for deploying and configuring security mitigation technologies. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system. Note:...
View Article[Access] anyone want to design a database for me for free?
So I know very little about Access but would like to have a database made so I can play around with it and learn. Here are a few things I would like. I have many more but I thought this would get me...
View Article[Outlook] Outlook 2003 Displays Blank e-mail from Apple Sender
The e-mail response I get from a corporate firm appears blank in Outlook 2003. I ordered an item and I got an e-mail, supposedly with the tracking number for shipment, but Outlook cannot display...
View Article[WIN8] Windows Explorer and PhotoViewer
...seem to automatically correct the orientation of my photos - which is very nice - except... When I move the SD card to my photo frame, the incorrect orientation is displayed! Since there are over...
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